First published 2017
The world ends in eighteen different ways. William F. Nolan returns to his Logan's Run universe where youth and death collide in a futuristic nightmare. F. Paul Wilson creates a reality where vampires rule over human survivors. Heather Graham crafts her own vision of global destruction. Tim Waggoner explores what remains when everything familiar disappears. Matthew Costello follows travelers whose vacation becomes a fight for survival against cannibals in a devastated landscape. Ron Goulart depicts a future where starvation drives people to desperate acts. Jason V Brock, Lisa Mannetti, Patrick Freivald, Lee Lawless, Tori Eldridge, and Brendan Deneen contribute their own tales of catastrophe and human endurance. Each story examines how people respond when society crumbles and basic survival becomes the only priority. Some face supernatural threats, others confront human monsters born from desperation. The collection spans multiple visions of apocalypse, from biblical destruction to scientific disaster to social collapse. These authors ask whether humanity's end reveals our worst nature or our capacity to endure.
Genres: fiction, science-fiction, horror, apocalyptic
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, human-endurance
356 pages · Paperback · 13Thirty Books
Content warnings: death, violence